“In war, hope is like a cut on your foot. The more you rely on it, the deeper it gets.”
In the mist, firelight, and shadows a mother, Inés, fails to recognize the voice of her own son Basilio. It is strange, dark, and different than the boy she once knew. It is Basilio’s ghost, returning home and searching for his mother.
“Children don’t survive here. Only soldiers do.”
The pair begin a journey. It is inside their memories. The…
“There are two kinds of untouchables; those you don’t want to touch, and those who can’t be touched.”
When a police officer is killed, his wife - Santosh - is trained to take his place. It is merely a ceremonial act in a police station in rural Northern India that is overwhelmingly male and traditional. Then a girl is raped, tortured, and her body dumped in a public square. The brazen crime isn’t even investigated. Since the girl is from…
“It is like you are alive, but not really, as if you are yourself, but not really anymore.”
The crunch of footfall in the icy snow, a mountain forest waterfall, music at night for which the whole village gathers, fresh cow’s milk, stolen kisses in a barn, wildflowers in a bride’s hair, and love growing between a soldier and village girl at the end of the Second World War. Pietro, a shy Sicilian, carries an injured local man home from…
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe themselves free.”
Laszlo, an architect, flees Hungary in the wake of World War II and attempts to rebuild his life in America. Pain as well as pleasure are on the horizon as he realigns his work, love, and soul in a new country.
The alluring images, immersive sound, actors in top form, enticing themes, and witty dialogue of The Brutalist combine to dazzle the senses (the film won Oscars for…
To be surrounded and yet be alone. To be loved and yet be invisible. To be cast away even as you are embraced. Welcome to the life of a Moroccan prostitute. From the testimonies of 200 real-life sex workers, Nabil Ayouch defied censorship to provide a fascinating, intimate and luminous glimpse into the Moroccan underworld. The story follows the fictional yet realistic lives of four women caught up in a ive-aggressive world. Bribing the police, projecting beautiful yet fabricated images…
A bear, awakened early from hibernation and hungry, stalks the snow-covered forest of a remote and tiny mountain town. At the same time a young nurse, Aslı, arrives in the village to start a new life. There is a man in her way at every turn. Three men figure prominently on the list of the most threatening to her independence. Hasan is the conservative town drunk who hates bears almost as much as he hates women. Samet, a kind mountain…
